"I join FM Freeland in strongly condemning rocket attacks against Israeli military forces in [Syria's] Golan & reaffirm Israel's right to defend itself against ongoing aggression from Iran and its proxies."

The Justin liberals have now provided they are bigger war pigs than Harper! ....

The fundamental problem here is that our political class has total loyalty to the elitest institutions of our country.....the media their corporate owners, not to mention the war industry et al...

any real alternative movement will have to come from below...people not brainwashed into the system, not dependent on its rewards, not afraid to espouse politically incorrect elitest views, and especially people prepared to live on the margins......prepared to build something new, anti globalist, anti managerial bureaucratic state that we have slipped into so passively in Canada...

"In announcing new demands and threats, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has made clear that the Trump administration will seek to threaten Iran into submission, says historian Eskander Sadeghi of Oxford..."

"It's hard to understate just what a reversal this represents. Trudeau campaigned on restarting diplomatic relations with Iran and this motion calling for the government to 'abandon its current plan and immediately cease any and all negotiations with the Islamic Republic and Iran to restore diplomatic relations.

So what Trudeau did by standing up in support of an [CON] opposition MP's mere motion was to signal a complete change in the Canadian government's Iran policy..."

MEK is a neocon-CIA-Israeli-Saudi co-production in which this terrorist group becomes the 'tip of the spear' of Iranian regime change. Since this is largely an Israeli project, one can assume it will enjoy tacit all party support from Ottawa as well. See #112 upthread.

I find it to be a real odd that the US supports a marxist/socialist group?!?!?!?

As well, the term "terrorist" or "terrorism" is only a flexible term used to discredit demonize and attack by the west or within western context. MeK was once labelled as terrorists, so by default, MeK does or at least used to demand some kind of credibility at some kind of level.

Now to be fare, the US and India do support communist Vietnam as a leverage to China.

Then there's Mek claims of responsibilty for the protests in Iran. This is important in some way, I'm yet to figure out or see more relevance and logical explanations.

All three of Iran's biggest allies, Russia India and China absolutely do not want Islamic extremists! The US and Israel love Islamic extremism!!!

Something big is going on here, I'm going to follow some suspicions I have.

"The MEK is just a front group, trained by Mossad and financed with US and Saudi money. It is not backed by Iranian people. Since its Islamic revolution in 1979 every US attempt to damage Iran or its allies has led to the opposite effect. Every time Iran emerged stronger than ever before. It is likely that the current attempt will have a similar result."

At first from what I read it seemed odd that a group like MeK would be supported from the US and Saudi. But now I feel that the MeK has transformed into an opportunistic group that probably has a for profit agenda using the Saudi's and US among others to create havoc in Iran and line their pockets at the same time.

"...Even among voices opposing the Iranian regime however, the group is controversial for its extremism, cult-like leadership and history of violence. Samira Mohyeddin, a Canadian journalist and vocal critic of the Iranian regime, has called the group a 'well documented terrorist cult who have committed many crimes against humanity..."

Nothing new for Canadian PMs to support terrorist groups in the Middle East. And nothing more violent and terrorist than America or Israel.

"China says it is strongly opposed to any US practice of regime change, saying Beijing will keep its trade ties with Tehran. The announcement follows the call by a top US official for overturning Iran's government..."

"Iran-and Russia - may sit on an astonishing $45 trillion worth in oil and gas reserves. Alarm bells are about to sound, to the tune of 'Putin has taken over OPEC'. Only one thing is certain; the future spells out brutal, covert resource wars..."

"Another Liberal broken promise. Before becoming prime minister Justin Trudeau promised to re-engage with Iran. His government has failed to do so and is beginning to echo the warmongers in Washington and Tel Aviv. By breaking his promise to restart diplomatic relations with Iran, Trudeau has enabled US-Israeli hawks - further empowering those hurtling towards a major conflict."

“I’m ready to meet any time they want to,” he said, adding that he’d do so without preconditions. “Speaking to other people, especially when you’re talking about potentials of war and death and famine,” he continued, “you meet.”

Ya that's what Trump said! Looks like he has made a 180' and the threat of Iran invasion/attack (wasn't going to happen anyways) is pretty much gone now.

But why? Has this guy completely turned into a pece loving hippie now?!?!?! Does he suffer from some kind of disability?

I'm itchin to speculate now on this one but I'd like NDPP and other babblers to jump in with something!

Has this guy completely turned into a pece loving hippie now?!?!?! Does he suffer from some kind of disability?

He appears to agree with the last person who flattered him.

Xi, Putin, and Netanyahu have figured this out.

He's a cheap conman who is not very conversant with the truth. His role is the Orange Herring and he is doing it well. The scary part of watching an empire in decline is trying to figure out who is actually in control of various intelligence agencies let alone the military. For all the POTUS hype I for one do not believe that the US President has been more than a figurehead for a long time. No politician in their system can rise to the top without learning how to take directions from the Invisible Hand.

"The harsh statements by the Israeli PM, who was speaking at a graduation ceremony for naval officers on Wednesday, were referring to the recent Houthi attack on a Saudi oil tanker off Yemen's western coast. The Saudi-led coalition has repeatedly said the Houthis are armed and supported by Iran, but both the group and Tehran deny the claims..."

Has this guy completely turned into a pece loving hippie now?!?!?! Does he suffer from some kind of disability?

He appears to agree with the last person who flattered him.

Xi, Putin, and Netanyahu have figured this out.

He's a cheap conman who is not very conversant with the truth. His role is the Orange Herring and he is doing it well. The scary part of watching an empire in decline is trying to figure out who is actually in control of various intelligence agencies let alone the military. For all the POTUS hype I for one do not believe that the US President has been more than a figurehead for a long time. No politician in their system can rise to the top without learning how to take directions from the Invisible Hand.

Not sure if your comment is adding any speculation into Trump's comments. Are they indicating a new direction from Trump?

I think the Iranians are making a big mistake here by treating Trump as a rational, adult human being, to be negotiated with according to historical norms. They have evidently not learned much from the success of Kim Jong Un in manipulating Trump and getting something for nothing. If they were more imaginative, they could have embraced Trump's offer of talks, flattered his ass off, and bought themselves years of relatively good relations with the U.S. at no cost.

North Korea however is more advanced than Iran when it comes to nuclear weapons and ICBM missiles. And the influence of China I'm sure was huge. So perhaps a North Korea comparison wouldn't be giving much credit to the Iranian approach? Maybe?

Also I'm not aware of anything that the Iranians may have done to get Trump to openly come out that he's open to discussions now? So really, if not kissing Trump's ass has gotten Trump to stop talking about military action and instead lean towards open dialogue, why would they start your approach now?

I'm guessing the other 5 countries that signed the nuclear deal and the EU are giving huge pressure onto the US.

In addition, I think India is pissed off at the US over this. Now this is pure speculation on my part. I believe I've read enough to get the impression that India will find ways to bypass the US sanctions. Nobody gives India any credit around here but I will suggest that the US may be concerned with how much it crosses India.

I'm going to predict that Trump is going to buck and fold over Iran and somehow is going to weasel back to the original deal. Maybe Iran will accomodate Trump so the US does not lose face as you have suggested?

Either way I'm sure we're going to hear more about this in the coming weeks/months that will reveal more.

I'm going to predict that Trump is going to buck and fold over Iran and somehow is going to weasel back to the original deal. Maybe Iran will accomodate Trump so the US does not lose face as you have suggested?

I hope you're right about this. Unfortunately, people like Bolton, Pompeo and Netanyahu want war with Iran very badly, and they will do their best to prevent any peaceful resolution. You can bet that they were all furious when Trump publicly offered unconditional talks.

Has this guy completely turned into a pece loving hippie now?!?!?! Does he suffer from some kind of disability?

He appears to agree with the last person who flattered him.

Xi, Putin, and Netanyahu have figured this out.

He's a cheap conman who is not very conversant with the truth. His role is the Orange Herring and he is doing it well. The scary part of watching an empire in decline is trying to figure out who is actually in control of various intelligence agencies let alone the military. For all the POTUS hype I for one do not believe that the US President has been more than a figurehead for a long time. No politician in their system can rise to the top without learning how to take directions from the Invisible Hand.

Not sure if your comment is adding any speculation into Trump's comments. Are they indicating a new direction from Trump?

Sorry I find the assumption that Trump is actually in control an absurdity. This is a traveling side show and whether Trump flip flops or whatever is irrelevant because in the final analysis he is the distraction not the decsion maker.

"As drums beat again for war - this time on Iran - the VIPS' warning is again being disregarded as it was before the Iraq debacle and this time VIPS fear the consequences will be all-caps CATASTROPHIC..."

"China has rejected a US demand to cut Iranian oil imports despite Washington's attempts to bring down the Islamic Republic's oil sales to zero, Bloomberg reports. This is a blow to US President Donald Trump's efforts to isolate Iran after his withdrawal from a 2015 nuclear deal with the country..."

Sorry I find the assumption that Trump is actually in control an absurdity. This is a traveling side show and whether Trump flip flops or whatever is irrelevant because in the final analysis he is the distraction not the decsion maker.

Ok let me be a little more clear. This above comment is just a blanket statement that you made. You're not trying to make any guess as to which direction Trump's comments may be indicating the US will move forward in US/Iran relations.